School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Business Ethics
  • Unit Code

    MAN3810
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Julie Anne CREWS

Description

The world in which we live has become more complex. Business now operates in a global economy and with that a world in which nations are more connected and interdependent than at any time in history. This is transforming the relationships business has with many individuals and organisations in society. There is now greater demand on business to demonstrate practices that are environmentally, economically and socially responsible. Consumers also have an expectation that the products and services they use are produced in an ethically and socially responsible manner. This unit examines the corporate governance and ethical challenges facing global operations and how this is influencing the nature of strategic decision making by business leaders. This unit combines the study of principal theories of ethics and governance through business cases to develop a critical awareness of the nature and importance of responsible corporate practices.

Equivalent Rule

MAN3105 and MAN3611

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise common ethical issues in the contemporary business context.
  2. Appraise personal values and compare with professional and organisational values.
  3. Analyse and critically evaluate the responsibilities business has to its stakeholders; including consumers, employees and the community.
  4. Assess and provide solutions/recommendations on how corporations meet their economic and legal obligations while being socially responsible.

Unit Content

  1. Government, regulation and business ethics.
  2. Introduction to ethics and the business environment.
  3. Framing business ethics: Corporate responsibility, stakeholders, and citizenship.
  4. Ecology and sustainable development in global business.
  5. Normative ethical theories.
  6. Descriptive ethical theories.
  7. Managing business ethics.
  8. Shareholders, employees and consumer ethics.
  9. Suppliers, competitors and business ethics.
  10. Civil society and business ethics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three hour seminar. Participation in both group and individual activities is a requirement, and in-class discussions are based on weekly lectures, case studies and reflective journal writing. Online students will access the program via Blackboard. Regular online access is required. Students will participate in online discussions based on weekly recorded lectures, case studies and reflective journal writing.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
PresentationGroup Presentations 30%
TestMultiple Choice30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
PresentationGroup Presentations30%
TestMultiple Choice30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

MAN3810|2|1

School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Business Ethics
  • Unit Code

    MAN3810
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Julie Anne CREWS

Description

The world in which we live has become more complex. Business now operates in a global economy and with that a world in which nations are more connected and interdependent than at any time in history. This is transforming the relationships business has with many individuals and organisations in society. There is now greater demand on business to demonstrate practices that are environmentally, economically and socially responsible. Consumers also have an expectation that the products and services they use are produced in an ethically and socially responsible manner. This unit examines the corporate governance and ethical challenges facing global operations and how this is influencing the nature of strategic decision making by business leaders. This unit combines the study of principal theories of ethics and governance through business cases to develop a critical awareness of the nature and importance of responsible corporate practices.

Equivalent Rule

MAN3105 and MAN3611

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise common ethical issues in the contemporary business context.
  2. Appraise personal values and compare with professional and organisational values.
  3. Analyse and critically evaluate the responsibilities business has to its stakeholders; including consumers, employees and the community.
  4. Assess and provide solutions/recommendations on how corporations meet their economic and legal obligations while being socially responsible.

Unit Content

  1. Government, regulation and business ethics.
  2. Introduction to ethics and the business environment.
  3. Framing business ethics: Corporate responsibility, stakeholders, and citizenship.
  4. Ecology and sustainable development in global business.
  5. Normative ethical theories.
  6. Descriptive ethical theories.
  7. Managing business ethics.
  8. Shareholders, employees and consumer ethics.
  9. Suppliers, competitors and business ethics.
  10. Civil society and business ethics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three hour seminar. Participation in both group and individual activities is a requirement, and in-class discussions are based on weekly lectures, case studies and reflective journal writing. Online students will access the program via Blackboard. Regular online access is required. Students will participate in online discussions based on weekly recorded lectures, case studies and reflective journal writing.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
PresentationGroup Presentations 30%
TestMultiple Choice30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Case Study40%
PresentationGroup Presentations30%
TestMultiple Choice30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

MAN3810|2|2